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Not here only, but elsewhere, both North and South, it is regarded as symbolical of the march of new opinions on an important subject.
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Sumner reflects on the broader implications of changing opinions regarding a significant issue in society.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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